Praying for an Invalid

Album of cream wove paper containing twelve drawings in brown and black ink with brown wash on cream wove paper (adhered to album leaves) for illustrations to the Fables of Jean-Pierre-Claris Florian. There are framing lines around each drawing in black and red ink. The album was bound by Chambolle-Duru in red leather with gilt decorations on the exterior, blue leather with gilt decorations on the interior, and marbled endpapers.

Brown ink on tracing paper, darkened and adhered to wove paper

Black chalk on cream paper, laid down

Graphite on pale gray modern laid paper

Graphite on tracing paper, darkened

Watercolor, brown ink, graphite on cream paper

Graphite on cream modern laid paper

Graphite on cream wove paper, darkened

Distemper on wallpaper

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on off-white paper

Distemper on wallpaper